● Diagnosis based on identifying small, budding, intracellular yeast in tissue, 2-5 microns
● Yeasts usually visible with H&E, but may need special stains; GMS more sensitive than PAS, but microcalcifications may create false positives
● No/minimal granulomas in immunosuppressed or neonates; yeasts fill histiocytes and are widely disseminated

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